ein undefinierter Grundbegriff der Geometrie, beiderseits unbegrenzt, ohne Dicke. Die G. wird aufgefaßt als Punktmenge.
ETYM Latin directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct: cf. French direct. Related to Dress, Dirge.
1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short.
2. As an immediate result or consequence.
3. Immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening.
4. Exact.
5. Effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives.
6. Extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action.
7. In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; SYN. verbatim.
1 archaic; directed vertically downward
2. Outright, thorough
3. Plain, blunt
ETYM as. efen. efn; akin to os. eban, Dutch even, Old High Germ. eban, German efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Swed. jämn, Goth. ibns. Related to Anent, Ebb.
1. Being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).
2. Divisible by two.
3. Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; SYN. fifty-fifty.
4. Occurring at fixed intervals; SYN. regular.
5. Symmetrically arranged; SYN. regular.
ETYM French juste, Latin justus, from jus right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Related to Injury, Judge, Jury, Giusto.
Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting.
ETYM Old Eng. right, riht, as. riht.
(Homonym: rite, wright, write).
1. Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; on the right when facing downstream.
2. Pertaining to the right hand (as opposed to left); .
3. Intended for the right hand; SYN. right-hand.
4. Correct in opinion or judgment; SYN. correct.
5. In conformance with justice or law or morality.
6. In or into a satisfactory condition.
7. Of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward.
8. Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right.
9. (Geometry) Having the axis perpendicular to the base.
ETYM Mid. Eng. strecchen to stretch.
(Homonym: strait).
1. Without curves.
2. Having no deviations.
3. Following a correct or logical method.
4. Erect in posture; SYN. unbent, unbowed, upright.
5. Neatly arranged; not disorderly.
6. Honest and morally upright.
7. Reliable in matters of fact.
8. Right; in keeping with the facts.
9. (Of hair) Having no waves or curls.
10. Successive (without a break); SYN. consecutive.
1. In der euklid. Geometrie nach beiden Richtungen unbegrenzte Linie ohne Krümmung, kürzeste Verindung zweier auf ihr liegender Punkte. Im Gegensatz zur Strecke und zum Strahl ist die G. nicht durch Endpunkt(e) begrenzt.
2. Schlag beim Boxen.
ETYM as. efen. efn; akin to os. eban, Dutch even, Old High Germ. eban, German efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Swed. jämn, Goth. ibns. Related to Anent, Ebb.
1. Being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).
2. Divisible by two.
3. Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; SYN. fifty-fifty.
4. Occurring at fixed intervals; SYN. regular.
5. Symmetrically arranged; SYN. regular.
A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature